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or information giver. As the result, he needs more space to supply the information demanded.
4.1.1.1 Opening
Table 13 shows that Oprah dominates openings. She produced 17 67 of the whole openings while Jon only produced 9 33 openings. It means that Jon
is dependant on Oprah as the reaction to the Oprah’s statements or questions. In other words, Jon plays as the supporter, while Oprah plays as the initiator.
Oprah, as the opener, mostly favored statements of her own opinion rather
than questions. It indicates that she tries to floor the problems which take the further debate. Here are the examples of openings made by Oprah in the form of
statements of her opinion:
1 O:I:statement:opinion i That was one nicest dayii I spent
at your
house with
your family
5 video clip
2 O:I:statement:opinion i It’s cute 90
video clip 3 O:I:stetement:opinion
i It used a lot of works 111
In example 1, Oprah stated her opinion about her visit at Jon’s house.
She thought that her spending time in Jon’s house was the nicest day. Then, in example 2, Oprah commented the video clip showing her show in which many
people received cars. Her opinion was that the moment was cute. At last, in 3 Oprah also gave her opinion on Jon’s work as one work which required a lot of
works.
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To initiate conversation, the next speech function choice made by Oprah was by stating facts which needed more clarifications from Jon. The following
excerpts are the examples of Oprah’s statements:
4 O: I:statement:fact ii I hear my name came up few times in daily
shows. 70b
5 O:I:statement:fact iii A few weeks ago, you called my producer to
say iv that you’re so inspired 96c
In example 5, Oprah told Jon the fact that she heard her name was stated many times in Jon’s Daily show. She required more clarification about that from
Jon. Just like in example 4, in example 5 Oprah stated that she knew that a few weeks before Jon called her producer telling that he’s so inspired. Here, Oprah
wanted to have Jon’s respond, whether acknowledging or contradicting. To have more information from the source, Oprah gave questions that both
require answer about fact or opinion. Here are the examples of openings in the form of questions:
6 O:I:question:opinion i Isn’t this fun? 3
7 O:I:question:fact i Where is your dog? 15
In example 6, Oprah tried to invite Jon’s opinion about something. She asked whether the show was fun or not based on Jon’s opinion. In 7, however,
Oprah tried to seek answer about fact rather than opinion. She wanted to know where Jon’s dog was. Of course, her question needed an answer about the fact of
the dog. Consider Jon’s openings. He produced openings not as many as Oprah did.
Only the half from all openings he made. However, it is surprising because usually as a guest, someone is very much dependant on the host.
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To initiate conversation, Jon also produced more statements than questions. He produced 5 statements and only one question. It shows that he
invites Oprah to further debate rather than demands information from her. The following excerpts are the examples of openings made by Jon:
8 O:I:question:fact i Can I ask you this? 10
9 O:I:question:opinion i How did you like our dog? 12
10 O:I:statement:opinion i I’m considered as human ambience 25a
11 O:I:statement:fact iii I have to tell you this..
iv When Oprah came to my house v my wife cried 101c
In 8, Jon directly asked Oprah about fact whether she could answer his question or not. It’s different from example 9 which showed that Jon tried to
invite Oprah’s opinion about his dog. To have further debate, Jon stated his own opinion just like in 10. There
he called himself as the human ambience. This statement invited Oprah to give her opinion whether she agreed or not. However, in example 11, Jon showed the
fact that his wife cried when Oprah came.
4.1.1.2 Continuing
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